historical record
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- noun
- /hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈrɛkərd/
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registro histórico
- The historical record is much the same on wages, labor unions, and collective bargaining.
- historical record shows
- gap in the historical record
- local historical record
There isn't any historical record to kind of play off of to figure out what the next best move is.
- There isn't any historical record to kind of play off of to figure out what the next best move is.
- So one of the most convincing historical records of a seance being held in the Lincoln White House appeared in the Boston Gazette.
Examples
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Why have these women been erased so thoroughly from the historical record?
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An examination of the historical record reveals that racism did have a beginning.
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Well, not according to historical records.
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Consider the legal and historical record.
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It's a matter of historical record.
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And the historical record is a little vague on this.
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The historical record has proven that I am right.
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As is evident from the historical record, these circumstances do not often exist.
Academic text (1990) -
They did not read the historical records about these two.
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The historian published a historical record detailing the events of the ancient civilization.
Synonyms
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A paper or file that gives information about past events
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A record from the past that helps us learn about people or events
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A document that keeps proof of facts or events
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A written or spoken record of past events
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A formal paper that gives information or records facts
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A paper that describes events so people can read about them later
How Reliable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a written account about past events' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'historical' (pertaining to past events) with 'record' (written evidence). This straightforward noun-modifier composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Historical record comes from the simple image of someone writing important events into an official book: historical means about the past and a record is something written down to be kept. So, a historical record is a written document used as reliable 'evidence' of what happened.